This ready-to-use resource contains 15 exciting-and true-stories for kids to read and then write or discuss their predictions about the story's ending. The stories are perfect for building essential reading skills such as making inferences, drawing conclusions, summarizing, and more. Each reproducible nonfiction story comes with a companion teacher page, which includes suggested discussion topics to activate students' prior knowledge, a vocabulary list, and more. Plus, the stories span the curriculum, providing students with valuable reading in the content areas. For use with Grades 4-8.

In an era of Common Core State Standards and accountability, students need to use the time they spend in school focused on academics and ready to learn. However, middle school has always presented special challenges. This is a time when students can spend a lot of time grappling with physical changes, forging interpersonal relationships, managing increased responsibility, and more--all of which can distract them from the primary purpose of school. The researched-based lessons in this book will help teachers delve into key social and emotional learning topics, such as
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